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We anticipated easy trade deals with commonwealth countries after leaving, but not with the EU itself. Maybe you meant that?

I didn't get that impression from Leaver's rhetoric. I think most anticipated a very beligerant EU saying "non" to everything. And so far it appears it will. And after the divorce bill we will not be sending 350M nominal (250M actual) to Brussels, so true. A single nation, since a federation...

I just listened to it but it was 90% standard politician's rhetoric. Stuff about 'we'll make social justice work for all, we'll fix the railways, we'll get a good EU deal, we'll build more houses, we'll tackle racism etc etc'. It could have been a speech for almost any political party. No...

Hmm, I remember Remainers saying repeatedly that the UK was 'too small' to operate on the world stage... How does an FTA compare to a political federation? Like apples to oranges.

How will an FTA make us a vassal? What legislature rights will the USA or Canada have over the UK?

What bothers me is that when Labour get elected they'll run the country into the ground with socialist policies, but blame the inevitable negative outcomes on Brexit. And people will believe them.

I've found the rubbery ones work OK but some of the cheap adhesives have a kinda chalky texture and don't seem to stick at all well to anything (unfortunately there's no way to tell which kind it is beforehand!). That's why I've swapped to foam.

But France and Germany already are our masters; they are the de facto owners and operators of the EU. If you can't see what we have in common with Americans, Canadians and Australians, more than with the French, there is no hope for you. With this new proposal -freedom of movement- that indeed...

The disparity is mainly due to the survey being deliberately designed to 'get the right answer', i.e. to make the NHS look good. The NHS comes top because there is zero cost at the point of use, whereas any system where the user has to pay even a small fee was counted as a negative, even...

But that's not what it says. It says open up to competition, not privatisation. That means we plebs get to choose between the NHS and other options too, instead of being stuck with a state monopoly. About time. You'd think that would please remainers then, but: You must live in a totally...

If you cut away the plasterboard from around the door casing by 3 inches or whatever, then you can fit architrave directly to the door casing as usual, and use filler to finish the ragged join between architrave and wall, assuming you buy architrave that is more than ~15mm thick of course...

Of course not. Firedoor hinges are the best and (weirdly) often the cheapest too!

Yes, you could put some 10mm MDF down one side of the casing to pack everything out, creating a 692mm opening for a 686mm door.

Thanks for the link :rolleyes: (weird for a country that invented the Karma Sutra and has carvings of threesomes on its palaces). https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/india-sex-toy-ontario-canada-bbc-patent-morally-degrading-sexual-pleasure-a8491926.html

Oh so it's outer diamater minus 1/4 inch :rolleyes: So I think Screwfix 3087G will work for me. Thanks for giving me the clue I needed!

I've bought a set of bath mixer taps (Screwfix 28552) which has 1 inch threads on it. How do I connect this to my 15mm speedfit pipes? I was expecting to be able to buy flexi hoses that would do this but I don't see anything that looks suitable?

Then I think you'll need undercoat. It's cheap enough so why risk it.

The purpose of an undercoat is to get a an even coat of colour, since this affects the uniformity of of the top coat. Often a coat of Zinsser looks 'streaky', white in places, kinda wood-coloured (or whatever is underneath) in others. In that case you need undercoat to get everything the same...

I wonder what the reaction would be if I wore a niqab out and about in town? (And people figured out I was a man and probably white from my voice)? Or even a burqa? I wish I had the balls to try it! :D